Checkoway, Julie

Summary: The inspirational story of a group of impoverished children who were transformed into champion swimmers. In 1937 an ordinary grammar school teacher on the island of Maui took a group of underprivileged children, mostly of Japanese ancestry, and in three short years transformed them into Olympic champions.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Sport Wat Checkoway